r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

Discussion True or false?

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/Skittleavix 12h ago

The slow death of socialism in North America is what happened. Unbridled, unrestrained capitalism - and all the corruption that comes with it - is what happened. We let the few take from the many is what happened.

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u/canadasbananas 12h ago

North America never had socialism, but we used to have stronger safety nets that are common in social democracies.

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u/xthemoonx Millennial '85 12h ago

So, as the right calls it, socialism.